Rabbit hunting - Page 3

McCargar31890 · 04-20-2007, 07:51 AM

i love rabbit hunting with the good ol 870 express mag or the marlin .22 lr no dogs tho but i kick em out myself

troy2000 · 05-06-2007, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by McCargar31890

i love rabbit hunting with the good ol 870 express mag or the marlin .22 lr no dogs tho but i kick em out myself

You aren't the only one using an 870. I'm almost willing to bet there are more rabbits taken with one model or another of 870 than all other shotguns put together.

I'll be doing my best Elmer Fudd impression this next season ("be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits, hehehehe"); I have a Boito 12g side by side I'm going to try. It's taking me a little while to get used to the second trigger, though; I still pull the first one twice now and then and wonder why that second barrel didn't go "boom."

There's an advantage to having two triggers, at least theoretically. Since the second barrel is choked tighter than the first, if you only have a chance for a long shot you can just pull the second trigger right off the bat, without fiddling with a select switch.

Kieferkk · 05-31-2007, 06:58 PM

I was born in West Texas, and in the late 50's into the 60's there use to be rabbit round-ups in the Fall of the year. Kind of like the rattlesnake round-ups of Sweetwater; of where I was born. There isn't a rabbit season in Texas, because there are so many, and the Jackrabbits are usually West of I-35. I also think that the jackrabbits are of the hare family. The swamp rabbits are huge and my grandmother and I could get three good meals out of one. I was a big eater and two pieces with all of the trimmings could fill me up. A couple of my hunting buddies and I would spread out and walk an area to kick up the rabbits which also got us into some Quail. I also raised some rabbits while I was going to plumbing school and I sold them to some of the other students [dressed] to make a little money to spend. It must be a guy thing to make a meal out of something that other folks think should remain a pet. I also got pleanty of fishing worms from under the rabbit hutches. In three years, that I lived with my grandmother, we may have spent a little over $25 a year for meat. I caught or killed the rest to keep the freezer loaded. I trained some beagles that could really track. Sometimes I got so caught up in the howling dogs that I just forgot to shoot. They run them, I kill them, and then cook them; we share them, and I become dogs best friend.

troy2000 · 06-27-2007, 08:20 PM

I just checked your public profile and read about your new beagle pups, Kieferkk. Good luck with them. I bought a pair last summer, but they're coming along kind of slow. Part of the trouble is that no one else around here hunts with beagles, so they have no other dogs to copy. They're having to figure it out on their own.

Mick · 07-16-2007, 01:54 AM

ha ha, rabbit season, that's funny. Almost all the introduced game animals in Australia are declared pest animals, threfore open season. The rabbit is one of the worst, they have released biological weapons (viruses, myxamitosis and calesi virus) on them but they seem to just adapt and become immune to the viruses.
So it's up to mad keen hunters to get the rest of 'em.

billy · 07-16-2007, 07:21 AM

we used to raise rabbits for food . as a kid i ate a LOT of four legged chicken.
i used to hunt them on skis get uphill and slowly go down looking for tracks.
follow the tracks with your eyes until they stop.look for the tiny black dot that is their eyes. and there you have a snowshoe hare for the pot!

ArkansasHunter · 07-16-2007, 08:02 AM

Because of the under growth and thickets you look for the eyes here in So. Ark. too.
I'm getting tender hearted, every late spring a new baby rabbit shows up at my house and he/she gets use to me. I give them names and can get within 2 feet of them. Can't shoot these critters.

billy · 07-17-2007, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kagome

Rabbit hunting I think is not a good thing, I raise rabbits and I know how they are and I have learned to love them, I can't see how ayone can kill such a cute little thing for as little of meat they have on them, but thats just me.
Poor things

i gotta admit .
i wasnt expecting to see a post like this on a hunting thread.
maybe im just naive.
oh well..

Burke · 07-17-2007, 02:19 AM

I love eating rabbits..
It's one of my better habits..

A poem by Burke..

My ex-wife went rabbit hunting with me one season and was mildly appalled at the whole thing..
Once she saw the skinned body of the rabbit she couldn't stop staring at it..all the muscle structure and such...she said it looked like a little human body..
She refused to eat it...

Now I don't know about the rest of you guys but I think Rabbits legs should be served up in a basket, deep fried just like Chicken wings..
I have yet to really fry one up proper..I usually enjoy open flame BBQ rabbit in the wild...w/ just some salt and pepper...carrying condiments into the wild is kind of a strange thing to do...Its like using your GPS in your hometown..
My Uncles used to make a Camp Stew but it contained items I couldn't identify...and I had difficulty swallowing....

jerry · 07-17-2007, 05:34 AM

Bunnies rock!

http://www.hunt101.com/img/460815.jpg

http://www.hunt101.com/img/452130.jpg

http://www.hunt101.com/img/457939.jpg

http://www.hunt101.com/img/506051.png

billy · 07-17-2007, 05:58 AM

ya know jerry.. those photos make me want to take up bunny poppin again.
i forgot how much fun it was.

ArkansasHunter · 07-17-2007, 10:54 AM

Thanks Jerry for the pictures, what brand pump shotgun is that. I like it !

jerry · 07-17-2007, 11:04 AM

Thanks guys,
AH, the pump gun is a Remington Model 31 in 16 ga, full choke. It was mfg in 1943 still ticking like a fine watch. The 870 followed the model 31.

The double is a gift from my wife, a Stevens SXS in 20ga.

The Remington Model 31 was a slide-action shotgun that disputed the same marketplace as the Winchester Model 1912. It was produced from 1931 to 1949, when it was discontinued due to the high cost of its manufacture; its replacement was the Remington 870. Designed by C.C. Loomis, the 31 was Remington's first side ejecting pump action shotgun. Stocks are walnut and uncheckered, first models were made with checkered walnut forend that was later changed to a ribbed forend. The Model 31 was made in 3 gauges, most popular being the 12 gauge, with 121,000 produced and the less popular being the 16 and 20 gauges with a total of 75,000 made.

ArkansasHunter · 07-17-2007, 11:20 AM

jerry again thanks ! The forearm on the 31 grabbed my attention. Looks like you got a nice collecter.
Is the internals much different than an 870's ?

jerry · 07-17-2007, 12:39 PM

The internals are different than the 870. Interstingly enough, pick up a Mossberg & you are looking at it. Later, Mossberg added the dual action arms like the 870 has. As I understand it, Remington sold the patent to Mossgerg when they replaced the Model 31 with the 870. The Model 31 is very very close to the Mossy 500.

The model 31 had a lot of machined, hand fitted, moving parts. As good as the 870 is (one of my favorites) the 870 veered in the dirction of high production at lower manufacturing cost by using stamped parts, aluminum trigger guard etc... Dosen't make it bad, just different.
Best,
Jerry

Midas · 07-17-2007, 01:04 PM

Theres nothing quite like fried rabbit, with a side of coleslaw.

jerry · 07-17-2007, 01:08 PM

Slaw goes good with a lot of stuff. Never tried it with rabbitt though.

lefty o · 07-17-2007, 08:04 PM

just remember not to use too much gun if you plan on eating them

jerry · 07-18-2007, 03:39 AM

Holy cow Lefty, I'm suprised there is not a crater there, LOL. How long did it take take for the F-16 to get on target?

lefty o · 07-18-2007, 05:11 AM

1 tiny little rifle bullet , meets the biggest cottontail ive ever seen. bullet wins!

05-31-2007, 06:58 PM	#43
Kieferkk Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas City, Texas Posts: 4	Rabbits and Hares I was born in West Texas, and in the late 50's into the 60's there use to be rabbit round-ups in the Fall of the year. Kind of like the rattlesnake round-ups of Sweetwater; of where I was born. There isn't a rabbit season in Texas, because there are so many, and the Jackrabbits are usually West of I-35. I also think that the jackrabbits are of the hare family. The swamp rabbits are huge and my grandmother and I could get three good meals out of one. I was a big eater and two pieces with all of the trimmings could fill me up. A couple of my hunting buddies and I would spread out and walk an area to kick up the rabbits which also got us into some Quail. I also raised some rabbits while I was going to plumbing school and I sold them to some of the other students [dressed] to make a little money to spend. It must be a guy thing to make a meal out of something that other folks think should remain a pet. I also got pleanty of fishing worms from under the rabbit hutches. In three years, that I lived with my grandmother, we may have spent a little over $25 a year for meat. I caught or killed the rest to keep the freezer loaded. I trained some beagles that could really track. Sometimes I got so caught up in the howling dogs that I just forgot to shoot. They run them, I kill them, and then cook them; we share them, and I become dogs best friend.

06-27-2007, 08:20 PM	#44
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 9,472 Images: 9	I just checked your public profile and read about your new beagle pups, Kieferkk. Good luck with them. I bought a pair last summer, but they're coming along kind of slow. Part of the trouble is that no one else around here hunts with beagles, so they have no other dogs to copy. They're having to figure it out on their own. __________________ If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -Anatole France

07-16-2007, 01:54 AM	#45
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 975 Images: 1	ha ha, rabbit season, that's funny. Almost all the introduced game animals in Australia are declared pest animals, threfore open season. The rabbit is one of the worst, they have released biological weapons (viruses, myxamitosis and calesi virus) on them but they seem to just adapt and become immune to the viruses. So it's up to mad keen hunters to get the rest of 'em. __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

07-16-2007, 07:21 AM	#46
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,197 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	we used to raise rabbits for food . as a kid i ate a LOT of four legged chicken. i used to hunt them on skis get uphill and slowly go down looking for tracks. follow the tracks with your eyes until they stop.look for the tiny black dot that is their eyes. and there you have a snowshoe hare for the pot! __________________

07-17-2007, 02:19 AM	#49
Burke Ahh..Cordite. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gun City, Arizona Posts: 515 Images: 23	Rabbits.. I love eating rabbits.. It's one of my better habits.. A poem by Burke.. My ex-wife went rabbit hunting with me one season and was mildly appalled at the whole thing.. Once she saw the skinned body of the rabbit she couldn't stop staring at it..all the muscle structure and such...she said it looked like a little human body.. She refused to eat it... Now I don't know about the rest of you guys but I think Rabbits legs should be served up in a basket, deep fried just like Chicken wings.. I have yet to really fry one up proper..I usually enjoy open flame BBQ rabbit in the wild...w/ just some salt and pepper...carrying condiments into the wild is kind of a strange thing to do...Its like using your GPS in your hometown.. My Uncles used to make a Camp Stew but it contained items I couldn't identify...and I had difficulty swallowing....

04-20-2007, 07:51 AM	#41
McCargar31890 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: chaumont Posts: 33	i love rabbit hunting with the good ol 870 express mag or the marlin .22 lr no dogs tho but i kick em out myself

07-16-2007, 08:02 AM	#47
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,722	Because of the under growth and thickets you look for the eyes here in So. Ark. too. I'm getting tender hearted, every late spring a new baby rabbit shows up at my house and he/she gets use to me. I give them names and can get within 2 feet of them. Can't shoot these critters.

07-17-2007, 05:34 AM	#50
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,899 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Bunnies rock! http://www.hunt101.com/img/460815.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/img/452130.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/img/457939.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/img/506051.png

07-17-2007, 05:58 AM	#51
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,197 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	ya know jerry.. those photos make me want to take up bunny poppin again. i forgot how much fun it was. __________________

07-17-2007, 10:54 AM	#52
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,722	Thanks Jerry for the pictures, what brand pump shotgun is that. I like it !

07-17-2007, 11:04 AM	#53
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,899 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Thanks guys, AH, the pump gun is a Remington Model 31 in 16 ga, full choke. It was mfg in 1943 still ticking like a fine watch. The 870 followed the model 31. The double is a gift from my wife, a Stevens SXS in 20ga. The Remington Model 31 was a slide-action shotgun that disputed the same marketplace as the Winchester Model 1912. It was produced from 1931 to 1949, when it was discontinued due to the high cost of its manufacture; its replacement was the Remington 870. Designed by C.C. Loomis, the 31 was Remington's first side ejecting pump action shotgun. Stocks are walnut and uncheckered, first models were made with checkered walnut forend that was later changed to a ribbed forend. The Model 31 was made in 3 gauges, most popular being the 12 gauge, with 121,000 produced and the less popular being the 16 and 20 gauges with a total of 75,000 made.

07-17-2007, 11:20 AM	#54
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,722	jerry again thanks ! The forearm on the 31 grabbed my attention. Looks like you got a nice collecter. Is the internals much different than an 870's ?

07-17-2007, 12:39 PM	#55
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,899 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	The internals are different than the 870. Interstingly enough, pick up a Mossberg & you are looking at it. Later, Mossberg added the dual action arms like the 870 has. As I understand it, Remington sold the patent to Mossgerg when they replaced the Model 31 with the 870. The Model 31 is very very close to the Mossy 500. The model 31 had a lot of machined, hand fitted, moving parts. As good as the 870 is (one of my favorites) the 870 veered in the dirction of high production at lower manufacturing cost by using stamped parts, aluminum trigger guard etc... Dosen't make it bad, just different. Best, Jerry

07-17-2007, 01:04 PM	#56
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,812 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	Theres nothing quite like fried rabbit, with a side of coleslaw. __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

07-17-2007, 01:08 PM	#57
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,899 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Slaw goes good with a lot of stuff. Never tried it with rabbitt though.

07-18-2007, 03:39 AM	#59
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,899 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Holy cow Lefty, I'm suprised there is not a crater there, LOL. How long did it take take for the F-16 to get on target?

07-18-2007, 05:11 AM	#60
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,811	1 tiny little rifle bullet , meets the biggest cottontail ive ever seen. bullet wins!